第4课 A Love Story - 记事本

2024年2月13日发(作者：蔡松龄)

第四课 A Love Story

4 A Love Story Christine Daae did not appear in public for some time after

the gala performance. She emed to disappear completely.

The young Vicomte de Chagny wrote to her, asking if he could

come to e her. He received no reply to his letter, and then

one day a letter came to his hou.

Monsieur, I have not f'orsotten the little boy who went into

the a for my scarf. I am going to the country tomorrow, to

e my father's wave. He is buried. where we played when we

were children.

Raoul decided to follow Christine to her father's grave. It

was a long train journey into the country, and he pasd the

time remembering his childhood.

He remembered Mr Daae and Christine. Mr Daae, who came from

Sweden, had been a very good musician, a violinist. He lived

for his music, and he taught Christine to sing. The father and

daughter went from village to village, playing for people. One

day Raoul heard them play. He saw Christine and fell in love

with her immediately. He followed them, and Christine stopped

near the a. The wind blewsuddenly, and her scarf was carried

away by the waves. Raoul went into the water and brought it

back to her. They had been friends from that day onwards.

Mr Daae liked Raoul, and he taught him to play the violin.

The old man told them stories and legends. Many of the stories

he told them were about ghosts. One of them was about the

Angel of Music. No one can play or sing well, Mr Daae told

them, unless they hear the Angel of Music. No one had ever

en the Angel, he explained. It is only possible to hear him.

'Have you ever heard the Angel of Music, father?' Christine

asked.

The old man smiled sadly and shook his head. Then he looked at

his daughter.

'But you will hear him,' he promid her. 'I'll nd him to

you when I'm in heaven.'

The years went by. When Mr Daae died, Christine's lovely

singing voice disappeared. Raoul became a man. He never forgot

Christine, but he knew that he could never marry her. He was

an aristocrat, and she was a singer. Then one day he had en

her at the Opera, and all his old love for her returned. After

this he started going to the opera more often.

It was dark when Raoul arrived at the little village in the

country. He went to the inn immediately. Christine was waiting

for him.

'I'm happy you've come,' she said.

'Why did you pretend that you didn't know me when I came to

your dressing room?' Raoul asked. 'Why did you laugh when I

mentioned your scarf?'

Christine was silent.

'I know why!' Raoul cried angrily. 'There was someone el in

the room that evening, wasn't there? There was a man - I heard

his voice.'

Christine gave Raoul a strange look. She emed to be afraid.

Then she took hold of his arm excitedly.

'What do you mean?' she asked.

'I heard you talking,' Raoul replied. 'I heard you tell him,

"I only sing for you, you know that!" Then you told him, "I

gave you my soul tonight.'''

'What el did you hear?' Christine asked urgently. 'He told you, "You must love me". Who is he, Christine?

Who is this man that you love so much?'

'Go on, go on!' Christine cried. 'What el did he say? Tell

me everything!'

'He said, "The angels wept to hear you sing this evening". I

heard him say that. Tell me who he is!'

Suddenly Christine's eyes filled with tears. She held tightly

onto Raoul for a moment, then she turned to him very

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第四课 A Love Story riously.

'It's the Angel of Music,' she said solemnly. 'That's the

voice you heard in my dressing room.'

Raoul did not know what to say. Then Christine continued. 'He

has come to me for three months now. He gives me singing

lessons. He's a wonderful teacher!'

'It's true that Christine sings much better now,' Raoul

thought. 'She sings wonderfully, and she never did before. But

I don't believe in the Angel of Music - it's too incredible!'

Late that night Raoul saw Christine leave the little village

inn. He followed her in the darkness. She walked to the

churchyard where her father's grave was. She knelt by the

grave and began to pray.

Raoul could hear music playing. It emed to be coming from

the sky. The music was from The Rewrrection of Lazarus. It had

been Mr Daae's favourite piece of music. Raoul listened in

amazement to the beautiful music.

He moved forward to e who was playing. Suddenly there was a

noi, and some skulls came rolling across the ground towards

him. He looked up, and saw a figure in front of him in the

darkness - a figure wearing a long cloak. Raoul took hold of

the cloak, and the figure turned to face him. Raoul stared in

horror - he was looking at a skull with terrible eyes. He

fainted and fell to the ground. He woke up in the churchyard

the next morning.

1. childhood：童年 2. the wind blew：刮风 3. waves：海浪 4. onwards：从那以后 5. aristocrat：贵族 6. pretend：假装 7. urgently：急切的 8. solemnly：严肃的 9. incredible：难以置信的 10. knelt：跪下来 11. amazement：惊讶 12. rolling：滚动 13. cloak：斗篷 14. fainted：晕倒

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